Intercommunity animosity has been at worst a playful rivalry for years, and we've respected one another's space.
The news release was a throwback to the worst days of interservice rivalry and boiled down, basically, to saying, "Air Force good, Army bad".
Under such circumstances, America's military aid is at best fueling Pakistan's longstanding rivalry with India, and at worst enabling its enemies.
But the worst violence appeared not to stem from the rivalry between the two sides in the final, but from enmity between Napoli and the local side, AS Roma.
There are those, though, who argue that the luxury high-end perfume industry, riven with personal rivalries and secrets, is its own worst enemy.
In the history of this rivalry, which began in 1890, this is their worst combined record on game day; Army is 1-9 aNavyavy is 0-10.
Yet it would be a struggle to remember too many other incidents and, in the worst moments, it was a reminder that these sides barely have a flicker of the old rivalry.
The worst thing to bring to the Olympics isn't necessarily a lingering injury or a fierce rivalry with a fellow competitor.
But even if the worst happens and we lose it won't change the fact that when it comes to this rivalry, AFC Wimbledon are and always will be the real winners.
At worst, they become a simple story of good versus evil, with all their agonised debates, bitter personal rivalries and thunderous schisms smoothed out into a easy narrative arc.
